Wire clothes-pin.



W. E. ALLEN.

WIRE CLOTHES Pm.

APPLICATION man MAR. w. 1917.

i,3,,?67.. Patented Jan.15, 191s.

enemas WILLIS E. ALLEN, OF AUBURN, MAINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent. a

Bill

Patented Jan. 115, 191%..

Application filed March 19, 1917. Serial No. 155,751.

burn, in the county of Androscoggin, State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Wire Clothes-Pins;

; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

T his invention relates to improvements in clothes pins and particularly to the type of pivoted jaw pins.

One object of the present invention is to provide a device of this character which is simple and cheap in construction, and durable in operation.

Another object is to provide a device of this character with which the clothes as well as the line are arranged to be clamped.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which will be less liable to deterioration than the common wooden clips now used.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing. 1

In the drawing: ,7

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a clothes pin made in accordance with my invention, and

engaging a line and garment. v

Fig. 2 is top plan view of the same, partly in section.

Fig. 3 is an elevation view from a position at right angles to that of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing A and B represent the side members of the clothes pin. Each of said members is formed from a single length of suitable stiff and non-corrosive wire, the same being bent into an elongated loop 10 with the ends extending past each other as shown at 11. and 12; The end 11 is slightly offset, as clearly shown, to permit the other end 12 to lie in such position as to form a continuation of the remaining portion of the other end.

The unbroken side portion of each of the loops, at points adjacent one end thereof, is formed with two kinks or bends 13 and 14. In the broken side of each loop, the passing ends are each bent into alining kinks 15 and Y16, these kinks alining with the kinks of the unbroken sides of the loops. lVithin the kinks 13 of both loops is disposed a coil spring 17, the ends 18 of which are engaged with the loop members at points between the said kinks. It will be noted that between the kinks there are formed depressions 19, and into these depressions the said ends of the spring are engaged. Thus the said ends are held from disengagement from the loop members.v

The other kinks are arranged to embrace the clothes line 20, as seen in Fig. 1, while the portions'helow said kinks firmly grip. the garment therebetween.

The device is extremely simple and cheap in construction, being formed from three pieces of material, the two loop members, each of which is a single length of wire, and the coil spring.

\Vhat is claimed is:

A clothes pin formed from wire, and including a pair of elongated loop members each formed from a single length of Wire and having the ends disposed in overlapping relation, one end being offset to receive the other end, each of the side portions of each of said loop members being formed with a pair of outwardly extending kink portions resulting in depressions thorebetween, and a coil spring seated within the corresponding kinkod portions of the loops and having its ends engaged with said loop members in the depressions between said kink portions.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature in the prcsenco ot' two witnesses.

i WILLIS E. ALLEN. Witnesses: I

HELEN J. Arwoonr, TAsoUs ATwooD. 

